ラテン語のmoneta, coin, mint, minting placeから。古代ローマ神話に登場する天の女王Junoは、父Jupiterの妻であり、古代ローマ神話に登場する彼女は、励まし、教え、女性の保護の神であると同時に、貨幣の守護神でもあったため、人々は彼女の神殿Monetaで貨幣を鋳造することにした。を彼女の称号のひとつとし、文字通りには、諭し、戒め、警告を意味する。
It had been justly stated by a British writer that the power to make a small piece of paper, not worth one cent, by the inscribing of a few names, to be worth a thousand dollars, was a power too high to be entrusted to the hands of mortal man. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. Senate, Dec. 29, 1841]To make money "earn pay" is first attested mid-15c. Highwayman's threat your money or your life first attested 1841. Phrase in the money (1902) originally meant "one who finishes among the prize-winners" (in a horse race, etc.). The challenge to put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is is first recorded 1942, American English. money-grub "one who is sordidly intent on amassing money" is from 1768. The image of money burning a hole in someone's pocket is attested from 1520s.
I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is the symbol. [Henry Ford]